Jujutsu Kaisen is the best shonen anime. Right now that is.
What I meant is, Jujutsu Kaisen hasn’t done anything extraordinary. Instead, it took the best parts of the previous legendary Shonen narratives to the next level.
I love how well-paced and engaging Jujutsu Kaisen is as an occult fiction that delivers tons of humor and high-octane action sequences.
I know, you are not here to listen to me blabbering. You are here to look for anime similar to Jujutsu Kaisen or maybe you are looking for someone like Satoru Gojo.
The bad news is that’s not possible and the good news is that you can find Gojo sensei in a different avatar in the upcoming Jujutsu Kaisen Movie, a prequel to the anime slated for an estimated Winter 2022 release.
After that, MAPPA might announce Season 2 of Jujutsu Kaisen. Who knows?
Enough of my blabbering.
Let’s dive right into the list of top 10 anime like Jujutsu Kaisen you’ll love watching.
10. Toilet-bound Hanako-kun
- Release Date – January 2020
- Status – Complete
- Seasons – 1
- Episodes – 12
- Studio – Lerche
Considered as one of the Seven Wonders of the Japanese urban legends, Hanako-san is known to grant any wish to anyone who can summon her.
Wanting to set her romantic luck in the right direction, Nene Yashiro succeeds in summoning Hanako-san. However, she is shocked to discover that Hanako-san is a boy in reality.
Through a chain of events, she ends up as Hanako-san’s assistant.
Following which she discovers that Hanako-san keeps the peace by balancing the power struggle between apparitions and mortals.
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9. Dororo
- Release Date – January 2019
- Status – Completed
- Seasons – 1
- Episodes – 24
- Studio – Tezuka Productions, MAPPA
Samurai Lord Daigo Kagemitsu exchanged the life of his newborn to the twelve demons for his growth and prosperity of the land.
The newborn with no eyes, ears, limbs, or skin lives but is soon disposed of. Luckily he was found by a man named Jukai who has expertise in medicine and prosthetics.
Jukai gave “Hyakkimaru” a chance to regain his missing organs by providing him prosthetics that will help him to defeat the twelve demons.
On the way, Hyakkimaru finds his partner in Dororo, an orphan boy who joins him in his deadly adventure.
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8. Black Clover
Growing up in a church with other abandoned children, Asta and Yuno always dreamt of becoming the strongest mage in the kingdom, the Wizard King.
However, with time, Yuno became skillful at controlling magic while Asta couldn’t even use it.
After turning 15, everyone is chosen by a grimoire depending on their magic. While Yuno got the legendary four-leaf clover Asta didn’t get one due to his lack of magic.
Soon after the ceremony, Asta got the mysterious five-leaf “Black Clover” which emerged from his strong will to save Yuno from the Lebuty who attacked him to steal the legendary grimoire.
And after defeating Lebuty both of them began their journey to become the next Wizard King.
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7. Bleach
- Release Date – October 2004
- Status – Season 2 Upcoming
- Seasons – 2
- Episodes – 366
- Studio – Studio Pierrot
Ichigo Kurosaki is a high schooler with the ability to see spirits. One night he encounters Rukia Kuchiki, a soul reaper whose job is to exorcise a corrupted soul.
Trying to save his family, Rukia gets injured and transfers his soul reaper powers to Ichigo.
Now as a soul reaper he has to hunt down hollows alongside his friend Orihime, Uryuu, and Sado who have their unique abilities.
Following the chain of incidents, he finds himself in a world where the corrupted souls are not the only enemies.
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6. Dorohedoro
- Release Date – January 2020
- Status – Completed
- Seasons – 1
- Episodes – 12
- Studio – MAPPA
Survival of the fittest is the way of life in the dark and lawless city of Hole. Dominated by the magic users, the inhabitants devoid of magic are the experiment subjects for them.
Kaiman on the other hand is a man with a reptile head and immune to magic who hunts down magic users.
Haunted by nightmares, he wants to solve the mystery of his reptile head which was a normal human head before an incident that he has no memory of.
With the help of his one and only companion Nikaidou, a restaurant owner Kaiman is on his way to search to the deep ends of the Hole to unravel the mystery.
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5. Parasyte: The Maxim
Release Date – October 2014
Seasons – 1
Episode Count – 24
Parasitic aliens have infiltrated the earth and they are taking control over the brains of the host by burrowing into the skin, be it a human or a dog.
By doing that they can easily find their prey without getting noticed.
But luckily a parasite failed to take over Shinichi Izumi’s brain and got stuck in his right hand instead.
And to stay alive, the parasite named Migi has to cooperate with Shinichi. While trying to co-exist they also have to face other not-so-friendly parasites.
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4. Naruto
To save Konohagakure, the Hidden Leaf Village from the claws of Kyuubi, the giant Nine-Tailed Fox, the Fourth Hokage sacrificed his life to seal away the beast in his own newborn Naruto.
Growing up Naruto was shunned by the inhabitants of Konohagakure and was feared for being the host of the nine-tailed beast that destroyed the village once in the past.
But that didn’t stop Naruto from dreaming big as his desire to become Hokage of the village was lively as ever.
And on his journey of becoming the Hokage, he will make some good friends and some deadly foes who will not hesitate a moment to take his life away.
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3. Noragami
- Release Date – January 2014
- Status – Completed
- Seasons – 2
- Episodes – 25
- Studio – Bones
Yato is a self-proclaimed “Delivery God” who does odd jobs for a mere five yen apiece. His dream is to have a million worshippers and a temple to his name.
Looking at his pathetic way of being a god, his weapon partners keep deserting him.
One day while trying to save Yato from being run over by a car, a girl named Hiyori Iki finds her soul detached from the body.
After knowing that Yato would have been unharmed if hit, she asks him to turn herself to normal. On which Yato agrees but on one condition, Hiyori has to find him a weapon partner.
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2. Yu Yu Hakusho
- Release Date – October 1992
- Status – Completed
- Seasons – 1
- Episodes – 112
- Studio – Studio Pierrot
The spirit realm is in great shock when Yuusuke Urameshi, a delinquent dies while saving a young boy from a car accident.
Koenma, the spirit realm heir, gives Yuusuke a chance to regain his life through the task of defeating the evil presence in the human world.
With the help of Grim reaper Botan and a few other acquaintances including two demons, Yuusuke begins his new life as a spirit detective to protect the human world.
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1. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Release Date – April 2019
Seasons – 1
Episode Count – 26
The Kamado family enjoyed a happy life instead of Kamado Tanjirou being the only earner of their poor household.
After deciding to go to sell some charcoal down a local village Tanjirou left his home on the mountain.
Coming back the next day after selling all those charcoals, Tanjiro was horrified to witness the blood and corpses of his whole family.
The only member who survived was his sister Nezuko who has been turned into a blood-thirsty demon.
Soon joining the Demon Slayer Corps, he keeps on searching for the cure to heal Nezuko while determined to avenge his family.
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Some other anime you should definitely watch if you loved Jujutsu Kaisen is:
Bungou Stray Dogs, Kemono Jihen, My Hero Academia, Blue Exorcist, Kekkaishi.